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Overview

As a Project Structural Fitter B at Caterpillar Inc., you will be part of a global team dedicated to building a better world through innovative and sustainable practices. This role involves working alongside the structural fabrication team to frame structural weldments accurately based on engineering drawings.

Responsibilities

  • Perform manual fit of structural subcomponents to meet engineering drawing requirements.
  • Follow documented procedures and standard work for safe and defect-free operations.
  • Perform carbon arc cutting and gouging.
  • Sanding may be required to prepare and dress welds.
  • Use common measuring and locating tools such as tape measures and transits.
  • Operate forklifts, pallet jacks, jib, and overhead cranes to move and position work pieces.

Requirements

  • Must be able to pass structural fitter qualification test.
  • Minimum of 6 months of experience in a production environment.
  • Ability to perform simple computer operations.
  • Be available to work 1st and 2nd shift.
  • Ability to work overtime to support production demands.
  • Must be able to climb and work from ladders and scaffolds.
  • Ability to work well individually or in a team environment.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary and annual bonus program
  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO
  • Health savings account (HSA)
  • Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
  • Life Insurance
  • Employee Assistance Programs
  • Voluntary Benefits

Additional Information

  • Urgently hiring
  • Hiring multiple candidates
  • Supplemental position located at the Solar manufacturing facility in Channelview, TX
  • No relocation package is available
  • Night shift premium of $3 per hour for 2nd shift

Benefits

Competitive salary and annual bonus program
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
Health savings account (HSA)
Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
Life Insurance
Employee Assistance Programs
Voluntary Benefits
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How this job compares in Channelview, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $28/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $31/hr median for structural welder jobs across Texas, whose middle half runs $27–$34/hr across 21 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 29% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Channelview, TX

We're tracking 14 other active welding openings in Channelview, TX right now, from 7 different employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,016 other active welding openings from 541 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Channelview, or widen the search to Texas.

Solar Turbines currently has 3 other openings live in Texas, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Houston, TX (28), Welding Shop in Austin, TX (23), and Zachry Group (21). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Texas, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Pasadena at $40/hr, Midlothian at $38/hr, and Dallas at $35/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Channelview, TX

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Project Structural Fitter B -2nd Shift figures were last recalculated when this page was built.